NoiseInsideMyHead

The Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce and area beer distributors are puckering hard right now.

Jones' confidence on that pass. Wow.

John Wayne Bobbitt has a more together PP than UND right now.

Coffee is for closers...give Cam a cup.

Gersich will likely want that one back. Although with that much speed there wasn't much of a chance to react.

Johnson huge at least 3x on that sequence.

Can't spell sloppy without PP.

Every player in white is a menace. UND looks outmatched even with only one attacker.

Olson needed a move there. Any move.

Even if you are 100% correct, that may well correlate to UND's academic quality initiative and the cut-backs could have been at underperforming schools. And it's a huge stretch to imply that a HS guidance counselor in the Twin Cities with 100s of students to place will somehow 'forget' about UND because they personally haven't been as aggressively courted by UND as in the past. Now, if somebody believes that UND has been blacklisted by certain high schools in the metro, that would be an interesting conversation, ESPECIALLY if it's because UND isn't selling hard enough. And ALL of this assumes that traditional recruiting methods are still even relevant. I suspect that today's 15-18 year olds are being marketed to and reached in ways that you and I cannot even fathom. (For me, it was the endless barrage of physical mailings from schools all over the midwest beginning in 9th or 10th grade.)

Here we go again with the marketing discussion with no context. Are you a Twin Cities parent of a school-age and college-bound student, or are you yourself a young adult? How do you interact with UND and NDSU ads? Drive-by? TV? Radio? Are you an alum or fan of either or both? I am going to go out on a limb here. UND and NDSU are known quantities in the Twin Cities. Students looking to go to a relatively cheap, public, mid-size who want to get 'a few hours away from the nest' will always consider both, and TC children of ND alums/natives will always be in the mix. I have no doubt that UND and NDSU get their due in HS counseling and college advising offices. I suspect that TV and billboard ads have very little effect on the target demographic. Football fan? NDSU is for you. Five rings in six years will do that. Hockey fan? UND all the way baby. Want the bigger city with better travel options (i.e., multiple airlines, two interstate highways), more restaurants, better shopping? Boom, it's Fargo. Interested in medicine, aviation, petroleum engineering? UND. Do we honestly believe that one school is a better strategic marketer than the other, or that there's that much of a return on the advertising investment? Hell, the schools (and towns) freaking sell themselves. What we has adults, alumni, and fans may perceive vis-a-vis marketing is almost meaningless. Put yourself in the shoes of a HS junior in the Twin Cities and go from there.

How does the sweet feeling compare to the guilt of knowing they shouldn't have even been on the ice for the second OT because it was over in the first?

If building a brand is their goal, then being on TV a lot during April and May will do very nicely. They just need some recognizable players; at the moment their roster doesn't exactly scream out to casual fans. Which makes their success all the more impressive.

No. All of the savings went toward mascot consultants, snow removal, and fancy bond paper for Kennedy to send resumes to headhunters.

33-23, I think, UND.

UND actually SHOULD stop recruiting one-and-dones -- look where that's gotten them.

Kennedy Bridge is 1/2 done. Regardless of where they cross, they also rumble all the way up and down Washington, so that contributes to the overall problem.

My understanding of the case for the bridge is: (1) Easier access for Minnesotans to the 32nd Ave corridor, which is the obvious economic engine of Grand Forks. (1a) Access will, in turn, spawn the development of which you speak. How many people have looked east for housing only to be dissuaded by the thought of having to drive up one two-lane (Bygland) to drive the same distance down another (Belmont) or, worse, navigate Demers to Washington, and then have to do the same in reverse just to get home? Not to mention, during flood years, access can be even more of a challenge when one or more bridges close. (2) Divert seasonal beet truck traffic off of GF streets altogether which, if you ask me, is reason enough. (3) Eventually serve as part of a bypass for travelers along Hwy 2 and I-29.

Maybe you can turn it backwards and project fans in the seats for WH games.

I don't know. This is Grand Forks, and $132 for the lion's share of the arena -- with only six rows at the top of $62 -- may be a little optimistic. Especially with shows in MPLS, SF, and WPG. Hope I'm wrong, but time will tell. I will not be surprised if there are sales promotions or gimmicks (or giveaways) come summertime.

Venue presale for Metallica is a joke. Only a handful of SINGLES at the lower price level. Not gonna pay $132 for those guys, sorry. Maybe I'll go if TM gets their head out of their ass.

Levis? Must be in his genes.

So it begins...

http://www.grandforksherald.com/opinion/columns/4409200-mike-jacobs-bring-back-womens-hockey All those words, not a single mention of how to pay for it.

Yes, yes, a thousand times, yes. Also, I love the MPLS - Lincoln - GF - Sioux Falls - Winnipeg tour routing. Bouncing around the heartland like a pinball.